Puppet Gathering 2012

 

Puppet Gathering 2012

 

Goals:

1. To do puppet shows for elementary school students
2. To exchange puppets or bookmarks
3. To create and design puppets
4. To involve and engage families with books and puppets
5. To facilitate knowledge exchange for puppetry
6. To create a database of cultural puppet scripts
7. To do book talks and introduce new authors by using puppets

Time: May 23 and 24 in Hobbema

For more information contact: Manisha manishacommunications@gmail.com

Team projects:

http://puppetworkshopsatlibrary.blogspot.com/

http://puppetfestival.blogspot.com/

http://puppetfestivaldisplays.blogspot.com/

http://puppetfestivalbookmarks.blogspot.com/

http://puppetshowsatthemall.blogspot.com/

http://puppetfestivalinschools.blogspot.com/

http://schoollibraryservices.blogspot.com/2011/11/puppets-read-at-lunch-at-our-library.html

Read more at
http://manishakhetarpal.blogspot.com/2008/11/puppet-festival.html

References

Storytelling made easy with puppets. Jan VanSchuyer
Storytelling with music, puppets, and arts for libraries and classrooms. William M Painter
Storytelling Encyclopedia. David Adams Leeming

Puppet shows and resources

Outreach Librarians' project entitled, "Creative Learning through the Arts," is based on an established oral tradition that has been used successfully over time to develop children's imagination and creativity through art forms such as storytelling, puppetry, visual aids, and creative writing.
http://librarypathwaysandfootprints.blogspot.ca/2012/03/outreach-librarians.html

Food and obesity http://librarypathwaysandfootprints.blogspot.ca/2012/03/funmiandfriendscom.html